Whoops. HIt the wrong key. John On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:24 PM, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> And, belatedly, Congrats, John!! Is the gender of said babe known or is >> it a surprise? What names await him/her? How excited ARE you? I assume, >> of course, that pictures of the wee one are already forthcoming. I remember >> when my husband's daughter gave birth for the first time 4 years ago, her >> first words to Grandpa were an awed and exhausted, "I made a person..." >> >> Julie Krueger >> >> >> On 6/6/08, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> It seems an entirely proper time to ask who, amongst us, has personally >>> witnessed volcanic lightening? >>> >>> >>> http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Carlos-Gutierrez/photo//080511/photos_ts/2008_05_11t154356_450x300_us_chile_volcano_environment/;_ylt=AktsnX3TnyuO3vZ21peBenADW7oF >>> >>> It hadn't crossed my mind as being a phenomena, much less did I know that >>> "Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting >>> volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes >>> them. >>> I can only imagine that such a thing would be a supremely impressive >>> sight/sound/smell/feel. I would give a fair amount to be within palpable >>> distance. I can't really begin to imagine what humans, >>> pre-atmospheric-understanding, must have thought at these events. >>> >>> All we have here is a line of thunderstorms with damaging winds, baseball >>> size hail, flash floods, and tornado watches and warnings as the flickering >>> TV channel follows the tornado touch-downs from west to east, telling us >>> when it is too late to seek shelter, how many minutes we have left until >>> Certain Disaster. It's amazing the talent the weather folk have for >>> convincingly announcing Armageddon every 10 minutes. Of course the best >>> part (and probably the only real part, come morning) of this is that this >>> "significant squall line" causing a "serious situation" is not going to cool >>> our patch of earth or atmosphere more than 2 degrees below today's intensely >>> humid 90 degrees. >>> >>> On the bright side, It's summer, folks! There's a big shiny thing in the >>> sky! >>> >>> Julie Krueger >>> heartened and going out to witness powers >>> >> >> > > > -- > John McCreery > The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN > Tel. +81-45-314-9324 > http://www.wordworks.jp/ > -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 http://www.wordworks.jp/